[He shakes his head quickly, opening his hands between the two of them as if to pacify her]

No, no. You don't. It's important that we're able to take care of ourselves during [gestures around vaguely] all this.

[...he chews his lip for a moment, glancing downwards. How hopeful should he be? He's trying to stay positive so]

If the third monster is anything like these first two, I'd be surprised if we didn't finish early.